As it has already been announced stats tracker now offers a gamespy master server replacement.



You can enable it in 2 clicks, either by editing hosts file or installing a patch.

• To use the first option, paste these lines at the bottom of C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
  
  
  Code:

  62.210.142.5  swat4.available.gamespy.com
  62.210.142.5  swat4.master.gamespy.com
  62.210.142.5  swat4.ms15.gamespy.com
  
  
• If you have a problem editing the hosts file, you can install this patch instead

More info for both players and server owners can be found here


P.S. Many thanks to BaDTimE for all the research he has done on this matter!

Sun has made a video explaining an alternative (perhaps simplier) way of patching hosts

https://vimeo.com/172786167

If you still struggle with the hosts file, there is a small patch available for all versions of SWAT
https://github.com/sergeii/swat-patches ... install-it

Thanks for your effort serge, this is the best thing happened to swat since the shutting down of gamespy.

Personally I think the patch file is more simple way for people, its like antics a copy-paste system.
Thanks to our Ronaldinho of swat too Badtime, maybe we buy him a jar of beer if he keeps the good work
I will advertise that to all forums I know.

Have a great day

Good Work Serge m8y...

Yep and BadTime m8y

Good job m8s!

I tried to do just that a little while ago but I was stuck with parts of the protocol I did not understand, so my PoC was put on hold.

I had established contacts in the attempt of getting DNS delegation of the GameSpy subdomains at the time of my little experiment, but since I had not got anything working I did not go further.
Now that something is working it might be a good time to try to convince owners to give us a hand.
I'll let you know if something arises.

It is nice to be able to see the browser working again. Excellent effort!